Billy Graham Devotional

Topics: God, Lifestyle What Is Idolatry? By Billy Graham December 11 Whosoever shall deny me before men, him will I also deny before my Father . . . —Matthew 10:33 What is idolatry? Idolatry is anything that comes between us and God. Joshua told his people that their nation would be destroyed if they persisted in idolatry, and their souls …

Topics: Love Steadfast Love By Billy Graham December 10 Your steadfast love, O Lord, is as great as all the heavens . . . —Psalm 36:5 (TLB) Young people talk a lot about love. Most of their songs are about love. . . . “The supreme happiness of life,” Victor Hugo said long ago, “is the conviction that we are …

Topics: Bible, Truth Word Made Flesh By Billy Graham December 9 The Word was made flesh . . . full of grace and truth. —John 1:14 On the cover of your Bible and my Bible appear the words “Holy Bible.” Do you know why the Bible is called holy? Why should it be called holy when so much lust and …

Topics: Grace The Throne of Grace By Billy Graham December 8 Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace . . . —Hebrews 4:16 Praying is simply a two-way conversation between you and God. Thousands of people pray only when they are under great stress, or in danger, overcome by uncertainty. I have been in airplanes when an …

Topics: Faith The Manifestation of Faith By Billy Graham December 7 . . . we can come to the Lord with perfect assurance and trust . . . —1 John 3:21 (TLB) The Bible teaches that faith will manifest itself in three ways. It will manifest itself in doctrine—in what you believe. It will manifest itself in worship—your communion with …

Topics: Grace Relying on Grace By Billy Graham December 6 Yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me. —1 Corinthians 15:10 Let us face this fact: We came into the world with nothing, and we will leave it with nothing. Where do we get the notion that man’s idea of success and God’s are the same? …

Topics: Worry A Thousand Anxieties By Billy Graham December 5 I sought the Lord, and he heard me, and delivered me from all my fears. —Psalm 34:4 Man has always been beset by worry, and the pressures of modern life have aggravated the problem. To men of all time Jesus said, “Take therefore no thought for the morrow . . …

Topics: Love What About Love? By Billy Graham December 3 Let love be your greatest aim . . . —1 Corinthians 14:1 (TLB) What about love? How can you be certain you’re in love? I suggest these simple measures that you can apply to yourself. Is your love patient? Is it considerate? Can it wait until marriage for physical fulfillment? …

Topics: Faith All He Requires By Billy Graham December 2 Said I not unto thee, that, if thou wouldest believe, thou shouldest see the glory of God? —John 11:40 If you are a young man or young woman hooked on dissent or despair, ready to split, then lend me your attention. My answer concerns your dreams, and the element in …

Topics: Faith All He Requires By Billy Graham December 2 Said I not unto thee, that, if thou wouldest believe, thou shouldest see the glory of God? —John 11:40 If you are a young man or young woman hooked on dissent or despair, ready to split, then lend me your attention. My answer concerns your dreams, and the element in …